Lux Thyme
Racial Magic
☀️Rithaldis' Manipulation
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Able to manipulate and reshape radiant energy present in their environment. They instinctively use this to repel or divert excess sunlight or even radiation away from itself.
Rylmar's Touch
Causes increasing drowsiness in those who touch it directly and can induce vivid, lucid dreams and prevent nightmares.
This is a low growing and wiry herb with a powerful fragrance and flavorful oils. It is a woody, evergreen and perennial member of the mint family. It is native to rocky and arid regions of Eluziar and northern Alkelbulan, able to grow even in the Shamsi Desert. It requires very little water and it's small leaves help reduce water loss. It is shrubby and dense, used for medicinal and culinary purposes.
Its racial magic makes it ideal for use in True Magic alchemy but it is most commonly used in cooking and Material Magic. Rylmar's Touch is used in live plants to deter grazers, causing increasing drowsiness the longer one touches its leaves directly. It can be used to treat insomnia and chronic nightmares, larger amounts inducing powerful and lucid dreams. Rithaldis' Manipulation allows the plant to manipulate radiant energy such as sunlight and radiation, the plant instinctively pushing excess concentrations away from itself. When consumed, it will cleanse radiation from the body and is traditionally added to many dishes in Shamsi after long treks across the radiant desert.
Basic Information
Anatomy
by Lee Stepp
This is a small, bushy subshrub with a woody base. It forms a small dense, matted mound between 6-12 inches high and 6-16 in wide. Leaves and stems have fine hairs and are very fragrant. They are tiny, from 1/4-1/2 in long and are linear and ovate with pointed tips. Stems are semi-woody, angled outwards.
Original Ancestor
Garden Thyme
Height
Length
Coloration
Genetics and Reproduction
Can be grown from transplants or seed. The flowers are spikes of small, whorled mauve and pink petals, blooming in summer. The flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects. Its fruit are small, less than an inch, and are copper in color. Nectar and honey carry the cleansing properties, pollinators of Sahra Shamsi relying on this plant for survival. The honey can also be used to counteract nightmares.
Ecology and Habitats
Prefers full sun or partial shade and well draining dry, sandy, or rocky soils. It occupies hot and rocky crevices of dry coastal hills. It is prone to rot in moist soils. In nutritionally poor soil oils including thymol, phenol and terpinene will concentrate in the leaves. It is both drought and deer resistant. While successfully cultivated in gardens across Emynea, it will grow wild in Shamsi Desert, Sesli Plato, Dawn Ahrayn, Flumen Pontem, Eluzian Valley and Hellas.
Additional Information
Uses, Products & Exploitation
by Lee Stepp
Even aside from its magical properties, it possesses compounds like thymol, phenol and terpinene which have antimicrobial, antiseptic and antioxidant properties. Masryeen use it for mummification thanks to its cleansing, antiseptic qualities. It is also used as a spray to repel insects and gargled as a tea for respiratory issues. Thyme has a calming effect on muscles of the digestive system, reliving gas and indigestion. Otherwise it is used as a culinary herb with a citrus-pine flavor. It is slightly spicier than oregano and sweeter than sage. Its also used as a perfume for its strong scent.
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